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Matthew Diffee has been drawing cartoons for <em>The New Yorker</em> since 1999. When asked which comes first, the image or the words, he tells NPR's Scott Simon, "They both come at the same time.Sat, 09 May 2015 18:56:45 +0000NPR Staff70632 at http://kbia.orgFor 'New Yorker' Cartoonist, '90 Percent Rejection Is Doing Great'Editorial cartoonists resist censorshiphttp://kbia.org/post/editorial-cartoonists-resist-censorship
<p>The editorial cartoon is a dependable measure of press freedom in a given country. As advocates point out, a cartoonist cannot work when there is no freedom of speech and opinion. Two cases illustrate the point.<br><br>In the early months of the Syrian revolution, editorial cartoonist Ali Ferzat was threatened and eventually attacked for drawing cartoons making fun of President Bashar Al-Assad. The thugs broke both of his hands. But crackdowns on the free expression of editorial cartoonists don’t just happen in dictatorships.Thu, 09 May 2013 23:36:54 +0000Rehman Tungekar & David Reed33482 at http://kbia.orgEditorial cartoonists resist censorship